Japan 
In numbers.
41m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Jun–Sep
Best months
107m
Elevation
The water at Chinda Falls, month by month
It roars from June to July.
The fullest months: from June to July. The thinnest: from December to February.
- 13 m³/sJan
- 19 m³/sFeb
- 26 m³/sMar
- 31 m³/sApr
- 34 m³/sMay
- 68 m³/sJun
- 82 m³/sJul
- 57 m³/sAug
- 46 m³/sSep
- 30 m³/sOct
- 22 m³/sNov
- 16 m³/sDec
From about 13 m³/s in the lowest month to 82 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from June to September.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Bungo-ōnonearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Parking 280 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Oita Airport (OIT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 59 km in a straight lineCar hire at FUK airport (Fukuoka)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From June to Septemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 30 m in 2.2 km. Here the river runs about 92 m below the lower rim of its valley.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- 2car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- —toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- —other named waterfalls within 4 km
- —caves
- —campsites
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 km旅館 三国家
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Bungo-ōno1.5 km in a straight line
- Mie6.0 km in a straight line
- Takedamachi12 km in a straight line
- Taketa15 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 8 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 11 |
| Night °C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 69 | 101 | 129 | 156 | 186 | 398 | 396 | 216 | 226 | 125 | 96 | 79 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (107 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 173% | 122% | 101% | 55% | 121% | 115% | 212% | 42% | 148% | 78% | 72% | 68% |
| 2021 | 71% | 100% | 103% | 80% | 224% | 50% | 58% | 434% | 75% | 32% | 110% | 38% |
| 2022 | 80% | 29% | 120% | 126% | 67% | 68% | 92% | 127% | 157% | 43% | 55% | 47% |
| 2023 | 126% | 86% | 107% | 150% | 195% | 150% | 144% | 125% | 37% | 32% | 53% | 74% |
| 2024 | 59% | 184% | 192% | 149% | 138% | 113% | 89% | 136% | 84% | 186% | 202% | 16% |
| 2025 | 38% | 53% | 119% | 72% | 218% | 117% | 44% | 246% | 116% | 85% | 36% | 72% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Chinda Falls
Japan
- —Height
- 41 m³/sAverage flow
- Jun–SepBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5100330) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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